Simulation Theory & Reality
A grounded route through the simulation hypothesis, digital physics, evidence and the limits of computational metaphors.
ESSENTIAL READING
A useful sequence, not an endless feed.
Not Detected Is Not the Same as Not Present
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A Brain Scan Is Not a Thought
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The Simulation Hypothesis Without the Hype
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What Would Count as Evidence That Reality Is Simulated?
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Is the Universe Made of Information?
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Dreams Are Not Evidence That Reality Is Simulated
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Predictive Processing Does Not Mean Reality Is a Hallucination
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A Self-Model Is Not a Fake Self
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A Copy of You Is Not Automatically You
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A Counterfactual Is Not an Alternate Reality
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The Observer Effect Does Not Mean Consciousness Creates Reality
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Run a Reality Audit
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HOW TO USE THIS PATH
Move from claim to evidence to practice.
01Begin with the framing.Identify the claim before accepting the metaphor.
02Inspect the evidence.Separate observation, inference and speculation.
03Run the practice.Keep what improves judgment or agency.